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By Patti Armstrong, EWTN News - in this age of self-aggrandizement, God has lifted up the simple, humble Father Solanus for the world to see what real success is... For how does a lowly man who died 60 years ago gather a crowd of 66,000 for the beatification? Father Solanus’ gift of miracles and prophecy attracted thousands and his gentleness and love, comforted all to came to see him, miracle or not. It seems everyone who knows of Father Solanus, knows at least one miracle story.

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register - The problem of pastoral care of the Amazon is, therefore, not a new problem. The viri probati solution is new. It argues that the local population is, for whatever reason, unable to provide priestly vocations and that missionary vocations are not to be had. By default, therefore, a relaxation of priestly celibacy is in order... The viri probati proposal, therefore, is not advanced as a good in itself, but, rather, as a concession to a sustained missionary failure.

By Fr Leon Pereira OP,  Catholic Herald - To the modern mind, Adoration does not seem particularly useful, unless it is understood as some form of mindfulness. It comes as no surprise that the world might value the charitable deeds of missionaries, such as St Teresa of Calcutta, but not put much stock in Carthusian monks praying and contemplating.